#or clay/paint/plastic residue in my food

[chameleonsynthesis]

When you don't have a toaster-oven but you do have a heat-gun.

#bagel #improvisation #melted cheese #I do actually own a toaster-oven #but it is for art purposes #no food allowed #don't want breadcrumbs in my art #or clay/paint/plastic residue in my food

[stimtoybox]

DIY Stim Toys - Butter Slime Update

Earlier this month I bought Daiso paper clay, and I finally had time to try it out in a slime. I want to talk about it a bit, because I ended up with the best stimming slime.

A lot of slimes seem to be made and discussed more with Instagram and YouTube in mind, good for display and occasional playing, but when I make them, I don’t find them to be that good in a practical sense for regular, daily stimming. Glitter slimes still leave odd bits of glitter on my fingers, floams leave tiny polystyrene balls on the floor, fluffy slimes lose their thickness after use, many slimes are still a bit sticky or oozy, etc. In terms of being easy to transport (no risk of oozing out of a container, not needing a bowl or plate under my hands) and making a minimum of mess, I’ve struggled to find the perfect slime.

Just before I found the Daiso clay, I’d tried adding shaving foam and cornflour to a regular white-glue slime to see if it would thicken it up (the dark green slime on the right) into something like a butter slime. And it did; it’s much thicker than a regular slime. It’s lost much of it’s fluff after use, though, and it’s quite oozy and a little sticky. If you want a thicker slime and can’t get Daiso clay or Model Magic, it’s probably worth trying, but I don’t love it.

The slime I made with the Daiso clay (the light green slime on the left) is amazing for stimming, It’s thick, it’s non-oozy and non-sticky, it holds a shape for a short period of time meaning you can mould it like dough, it’s smooth and spreadable, it’s the stretchiest slime I’ve ever handled and it squishes in your hands so wonderfully. It only leaves a slight watery residue on your hands (no shreds of slime) and it’s so thick it will never leak from a container, making it safely portable. It’s this perfect combination of playdough, putty and slime combined in a thick, fluffy, smooth body that just invites squishing, poking, moulding and smoothing. It allows for so many different hand movements and is the most mess-free slime I have ever handled.

It honestly feels like a better, fluffier version of my Blu Tack putty!

My recipe was very simple:

1 pack of Daiso paper clay

2/3 of a cup of white PVA glue

1 teaspoon of borax dissolved in 1 cup of water, added in small amounts as necessary

Food colouring

I mixed the glue and food colouring, and then added the activator solution slowly. Once my slime had come together--and the Lincraft Creative Mates glue I use results in a very jiggly slime for some reason--I kneaded in the clay, a small bit at a time. It took me about twenty minutes of kneading to get all the clay worked into the slime, so be prepared for a fair bit of work (it did make my wrists and shoulder flare). It takes a while to work out the lumps, but once they are, you get a thick, smooth butter slime.

I’ll note that it took me a whole tube of green gel food colouring to get that colour--the white Daiso clay makes the colour fade a lot. You’re probably better to use coloured Daiso clay if you want coloured slime, or use a cheap water-based acrylic paint to colour the slime.

I am honestly in love with this slime--it is the most wonderful thing to handle while watching TV. I absolutely recommend trying it for stimming, especially if you want an every-day use slime. I’ve played with it four times in two days!

Image description under read more cut:

[image description: two green slimes, sitting in two rectangular containers made from clear plastic, the containers resting on a round, red and green watermelon slice pillow. The slime on the left is a very pale green and has a thick dough-meets-pudding type consistency, holding its shape when folded back in on itself. The slime on the right is dark green, studded with fine black and silver glitter, and while it is thicker than normal slime, it is slowly oozing across the bottom of the container.]

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